INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, January 22, 2015


The following House Files were introduced:

Selcer, Youakim, Hausman, Erhardt and Applebaum introduced:

H. F. 267, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Southwest Corridor light rail transit line; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Davids introduced:

H. F. 268, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a credit for certain medical device payments; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Kresha introduced:

H. F. 269, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying the administrative procedure act; proposing various rulemaking reform initiatives; enhancing legislative oversight; providing additional statement of need and reasonableness requirements; limiting the use of certain nonbinding interpretive statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.842, subdivision 4a; 14.02, by adding a subdivision; 14.05, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 14.116; 14.131; 14.19; 14.388, subdivision 2; 14.389, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 14.127.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 270, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Red Rock Rural Water System; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Persell, Poppe, Marquart and Anderson, P. introduced:

H. F. 271, A bill for an act relating to veterinarians; specifying appointments to the Board of Veterinary Medicine must reflect the geography of the state; modifying the process for temporary suspension of veterinarian licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 156.01, subdivision 1; 156.126.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.

Kresha and Howe introduced:

H. F. 272, A bill for an act relating to health; allowing cities to opt out of fluoridation of its water supply; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Uglem, Ward, Schoen, Zerwas and Lohmer introduced:

H. F. 273, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying youth intervention programs provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.73, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Zerwas, Cornish, Newberger, Schoen, Rosenthal, Howe, Theis, Lohmer and Johnson, B. introduced:

H. F. 274, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for consecutive sentencing of a person who is charged with or convicted of a crime by the United States and who is incarcerated in a county or regional jail and convicted of assaulting an employee of the jail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.2231, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

O'Driscoll, Halverson, Laine and Sanders introduced:

H. F. 275, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying procedures related to prosecution of voter registration crimes; specifying penalties for public employees who willfully commit voter registration crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 201.275.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Howe and Simonson introduced:

H. F. 276, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying authority for the State Fire Code; modifying fire protection features; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 299F.011, by adding a subdivision; 326B.103, by adding a subdivision; 326B.106, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.02, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Liebling, Gruenhagen, Halverson, Fischer and Norton introduced:

H. F. 277, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a single administrator to administer the provision of dental services to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees; increasing payment rates for dental services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256B.69, by adding a subdivision; 256B.76, subdivision 2; 256L.12, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Kiel; Dean, M., and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. 278, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a grant program for research on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias; creating a grant program for a public awareness campaign concerning Alzheimer's disease and other dementias; establishing the Alzheimer's Research Advisory Council; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Lenczewski, Rosenthal and Slocum introduced:

H. F. 279, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mall of America light rail transit station improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Newton and Uglem introduced:

H. F. 280, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; limiting those allowed to kill a dog pursuing big game; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.011.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.

Loon introduced:

H. F. 281, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; requiring certification for claiming the research credit; extending the credit to sole proprietors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.068, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Petersburg; Daniels; Johnson, C.; Torkelson; Considine and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 282, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for the corridors of commerce program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Kresha, Newton, Howe, O'Driscoll and Theis introduced:

H. F. 283, A bill for an act relating to the military; designating certain lands around Camp Ripley as sentinel landscape; creating a coordinating committee; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 190.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 284, A bill for an act relating to retirement; making administrative changes to the Teachers Retirement Association; changing maximum excluded earnings limits from calendar year to fiscal year; extending the interest-free period for leave of absence service credit purchases; making federal conformity changes affecting all state pension plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 354.445; 354.72, subdivision 2; 356.635, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 285, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; making administrative and technical modifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 353.01, subdivisions 6, 10, 11a, 16, 28, 36; 353.0161, by adding a subdivision; 353.0162; 353.03, subdivision 3; 353.031, subdivisions 5, 10; 353.27, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; 353.29, subdivision 7; 353.33, subdivisions 6, 13; 353.37, subdivision 1; 353.656, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 2, 4, 5a; 353D.03, subdivision 3; 353E.06, subdivisions 5, 6; 353F.01; 353F.02, subdivisions 3, 5a; 353F.04, subdivision 2; 353F.051, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 355.07; 356.32, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 353.025; 353.83; 353.84; 353.85; 353D.03, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Petersburg, Daniels and Quam introduced:

H. F. 286, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked Trunk Highway 14; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Quam and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 287, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing property to qualify for agricultural homestead classification under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 273.124, subdivision 14.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.

O'Neill and Daniels introduced:

H. F. 288, A bill for an act relating to professional engineers; clarifying licensing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326.02, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Quam, Drazkowski, Gruenhagen and Newberger introduced:

H. F. 289, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring screening for use of controlled substances in the MFIP and general assistance programs; making certain individuals ineligible for MFIP and general assistance benefits; providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256D.024, by adding a subdivision; 256D.05, subdivision 1; 256J.26, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256D; 256J.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Kiel, Davids, Lillie, Schomacker and Dean, M. introduced:

H. F. 290, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a credit for the additional tax paid on early withdrawals from retirement accounts if used for long-term care expenses; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Cornish introduced:

H. F. 291, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing a necessity defense in implied consent proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169A.53, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 292, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the Minnesota State Arts Board.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.

Sanders and Sundin introduced:

H. F. 293, A bill for an act relating to public safety; motor vehicles; modifying the date on which the commissioner of public safety must begin collecting contributions for Minnesota golf license plates; amending Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Loonan, Atkins, Sanders and Davids introduced:

H. F. 294, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating health plan contracts and stop loss coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 60A.235, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Sundin and Rarick introduced:

H. F. 295, A bill for an act relating to state land; authorizing conveyance of certain tax-forfeited lands in Pine County.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Knoblach, Theis, O'Driscoll, Howe and Pugh introduced:

H. F. 296, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; exempting bingo halls from combined net receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 297, A bill for an act relating to counties; providing a process for making the office of county auditor-treasurer appointive in Mille Lacs County.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Runbeck introduced:

H. F. 298, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Centennial Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association and the cities of Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, and Centerville; providing for continued retirement coverage by the current relief association upon the withdrawal of one city from the Centennial Fire Department joint powers agreement.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Heintzeman, Howe, Kresha, Hancock, Green, Torkelson, Wills and Zerwas introduced:

H. F. 299, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for military retirement pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.

Lohmer, Davids, Drazkowski, Hancock, Lueck, Wills, Peterson, Pugh, Slocum and Hertaus introduced:

H. F. 300, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; allowing a subtraction for social security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Lohmer and Slocum introduced:

H. F. 301, A bill for an act relating to debt collection; requiring that a debt collection agency or an individual debt collector create and maintain certain records of its contacts with alleged debtors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 332.37.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Fabian, Winkler, Zerwas, Drazkowski, Green, Albright, Nash, Uglem and Scott introduced:

H. F. 302, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing scopes on muzzleloaders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.031, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 303, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the Minnesota Historical Society.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.

Lueck and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. 304, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Fabian, Green, Dill, Kiel, Rarick, Miller, Zerwas, Drazkowski, Lueck, Albright, Nornes, Nash, Uglem, Scott and Gruenhagen introduced:

H. F. 305, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the Minnesota Personal Protection Act to recognize the North Dakota permit to carry a pistol as being valid within Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 624.714, subdivision 16.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Quam introduced:

H. F. 306, A bill for an act relating to education; amending the definition of public employee to include replacement employees who are employed for more than 60 days as a replacement teacher or faculty member; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 179A.03, subdivision 14.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Fabian, Zerwas and Scott introduced:

H. F. 307, A bill for an act relating to transportation; commerce; providing for proof of insurance in electronic format; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.791, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Davids introduced:

H. F. 308, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a phase in for subtraction for Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Davids introduced:

H. F. 309, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a phase in for subtraction for Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Pugh; Anderson, S.; Scott; Drazkowski; Sanders; Mack; Dean, M.; Newberger; Nash; Runbeck; Hertaus; Koznick; Rarick and Lohmer introduced:

H. F. 310, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; requiring city, county, and town approval prior to constructing light rail transit facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.3994, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 311, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for marked Trunk Highway 62; authorizing the sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 312, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a phased-in subtraction for military retirement pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.

Lenczewski, Slocum and Rosenthal introduced:

H. F. 313, A bill for an act relating to transportation; highways; appropriating money for marked I-35W and marked I-494 interchange improvements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Hancock, Persell, Kiel, Hausman and Green introduced:

H. F. 314, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional dental facility in Bemidji; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Hackbarth and Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 315, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for marked I-35W and Lake Drive interchange improvements and realignment of West Freeway Drive; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Schomacker, Hamilton, Liebling, Kelly, Theis, Kresha, O'Driscoll and Kiel introduced:

H. F. 316, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the nursing facility reimbursement system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256B.0915, subdivision 3a; 256B.441, subdivisions 1, 5, 13, 14, 17, 30, 31, 35, 48, 50, 51, 51a, 53, 54, 56, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.441, subdivisions 14a, 19, 50a, 52, 55, 58, 62.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Policy.

Anderson, P.; Urdahl; Davnie; Kresha and Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 317, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for Head Start programs; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Loon, Selcer, Erickson, Anzelc and Wills introduced:

H. F. 318, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the parent-child home program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Persell, Anzelc and Marquart introduced:

H. F. 319, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the Headwaters Science Center; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 320, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring student loan originators to provide certain disclosures; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Mack; Liebling; Dean, M.; Zerwas and Loeffler introduced:

H. F. 321, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; providing for an interstate medical licensure compact project; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Winkler and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 322, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying legislators' privilege from arrest; specifying that driving while impaired constitutes a breach of the peace for purposes of the Constitution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 169A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Howe, Hertaus and Simonson introduced:

H. F. 323, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying payment of wages and payroll and payroll deductions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 181.06, subdivision 2; 181.101.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 324, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending motor vehicle registration tax for certain vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.013, subdivision 1a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 325, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; providing for implementation planning related to mileage-based user fee; requiring a legislative report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Howe; Dehn, R.; Kresha; Hertaus; Heintzeman and Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 326, A bill for an act relating to public safety; fire marshal; revising school inspection schedules and funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 299F.012, subdivision 1; 299F.47, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299F.47, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Scott and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 327, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, section 10; providing that the right of citizens to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures includes protection against unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic communications and data.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices.